On July 20, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed measures to further improve drinking water supply and sewerage services.
In recent years, the volume of investment attracted to the sector has increased tenfold, reaching $2.7 billion. As a result, the share of the population with access to centralized drinking water supply has risen from 63 percent in 2017 to 83 percent.
During this period, 7.7 million people were provided with centralized drinking water for the first time, water supply services were improved for 11 million residents, and another 1.1 million people were connected to the sewerage system. A total of 39,000 kilometers of drinking water networks and 3,200 kilometers of sewerage networks were built and reconstructed, while 3,400 drinking water facilities and 295 sewerage facilities and pumping stations were built or modernized.
For the coming years, the goal has been set to increase drinking water coverage to 90 percent and sewerage coverage in urban areas to 80 percent. To achieve this, an additional $1.3 billion in investment is needed.
According to forecasts, by 2030, demographic and economic growth will increase the country’s drinking water consumption by an additional 230 million cubic meters over the current level of 941 million cubic meters. This requires ensuring accurate accounting of water resources and reducing water losses.
In this regard, the President set tasks to fully transfer consumer billing to an online format and equip all consumers in cities and regional centers with modern water meters featuring remote data transmission.
He also set the task of reducing water losses from 35 percent to 25 percent by creating a digital map of water supply facilities and networks.
